The Portland daily press., 1887-07-21
BASE BALL.
New England League
GAME TO-DAY.


The Portlands win play the Manchesters
again this afternoon and a fine game may be
expected. Williams and Dunn will probab-
" be the battery for the Manchesters, and
Small and Thayer for the Portlands. Mr..
Lynch will umpire the game. The game
will not be started until o'clock so as to al
low people going to the circus to see the
game after the circus is over.
PoRTLANDs, IA; MANcHEsTERs, 8.
The game between the Portlands and Man
chesters yesterday was lacking in the excite
ment that characterized the two with Haver-
hill, but those who like to see the home team
do good hitting and fine fielding should have
been on hand. There was very good at
tendance and the grand stand was we'll filed
with ladies. Ferson who did such good
work against the Portlands pitched for the
visitors and was punished to the extent of Is
base hits and seven earned runs. In the first
three innings he was rather nervous and
wild, the home team scoring ~ Of their IA
runs in that time, but after the third he set
tied down to business and did good work
Hatfield pitched for Portland and although
little wild was not near so much so as in the
games he pitched last season. The support
behind the bat was not up to the usual stand
ard, neither Duffy or Dunn being able to
hold their pitchers delivery in first-class
style. Hatfield is undoubtedly hard man
to catch, but little more trying on Duffy's
part would have looked better especially in
the matter Of hurrying after passed balls.
The fielding of the Portlands was frst-class,
a muffed fly in the seventh being the only er-
ror made outside Of the battery. That of
the visitors was not so sharp, although they
made several good plays.
The Portlands were first at the bat and
scored three runs, on three hits and couple
of wild pitches. In the second they added
seven as follows: Duffy hit fly to Trask
who dropped it, and Lufbery's hit to right
field advanced him to second, Quinn hit to
left and the bases were full. Andrus pop
ped short fly to left which dropped where
no one could get at it and one run was in.
Dickerson hit to Trask who tried to throw
Lufbery out at the plate but failed, Quinn,
however, being caught on third before the
ball came to rest. Hatfield got his base on
balls and the bases were filled again. Thayer
cleared them moment later with a two-base
hit to left field, and DAWN sent him home on
grounder to left. The great fly catcher
was advanced to third on an attempt to put
Thayer out at the home plate, and Shoeneck
brought him in with hit. The next two
men went out on flies. In the third Andrus
reached first on McDermotts tumble, and
Dickerson's single sent him to third, the lat
ter taking second on the return Of the ball.
Hatfeld's hit sent Andrus home and Dick
erson TO third, the latter scoring later on
wild pitch. Two hits and a missed fourth
strike added one more in the sixth, and a
hit, put out, passed ball and wild throw one
In the seventh.
The Manchesters scored two runs in the
first on two singles and a triple, and one In
the second on base on balls, steal and put
out. A double and a single in the fourth,
and base on balls, steal, passed ball and
Wild pitch In the fifth added two runs, and